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I drew the blinds and Destiny set several candles on the coffee table and lit them.
Aunt Letty produced a bowl of cinnamon sticks, charcoal, and a prism, and laid them out on the table.
I drew water from the tap and poured it into a chalice. I set it on the table along with a pentagrammed tablecloth for Aunt Letty’s tarot cards.
Soon the room was dark, candlelit, and it smelled like burning.
Aunt Letty’s tarot cards were huge, with blue swirls on the back. The sides of the deck were gold leaf and gleamed in the candlelight.
“Get me the card shuffler from the entertainment center, will you?” Aunt Letty asked me.
I grabbed a black automatic card shuffler.
“Aunt Letty, you’re using a card shuffler for your tarot cards?” I asked.
Aunt Letty exercised her fingers, folding them in an
